sheep

sheep

/ʃiːp/

(plural sheep)

​an animal with a thick coat, kept on farms for its meat (called mutton or lamb) or its wool

a flock of sheep

Sheep were grazing in the fields.

sheep farmers

These leaves are toxic to cattle and sheep.

My grandfather used to raise sheep in Australia.

The dogs herded the sheep into the pen.

a 4 000-acre sheep station in New South Wales

(figurative) He sees it as his duty to take care of the lost sheep of the world.

Collocations

adjective

hillmountainlost…

… of sheep

flockherd

verb + sheep

farmkeepraise…

sheep + verb

grazebleat

sheep + noun

farmranchstation…

phrases

a breed of sheep

Word Origin

Old English scēp, scǣp, scēap, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaap and German Schaf.